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-?1v' TW.V " .v -i"S- tfee-J?"'AiS tT E L E G R jfePH.:EDITED BY FRANCIS, MODELEta.HOUSTON, TUES D A YATr&lf ST 22.837.All letters and papers directed to Texas from the United Statesshould be postpaid, and directed to the care of J. Brent Clark New Or-leansT-"Candidates for representatives in congress. ,Harrisburg. Maj. Wm. Lawrence, T. J. Gazley, Maj. Benjamin.F. Smith, Lieut. William E. Miilen. M. J. Falvel. Gonzales J. D. Cle-.mentSj Ezekiel Williams. Austin. Thomas Barnett. Matagorda.Thos. J. Hardiman. Brazoria. John A. Wharton, Patrick C. Jack,-Mathew u. ratton, and Anson Jonee. Washington W. W. Gant. W.yW.HilI, (the Iao members,) and J. R. Jenkins. Gonzales EzekielJVilliams.i,. Candidates for senators in congress from Washington.- Jesse Grimes, (the late member,) is opposed by Dr. G. W. Barnett."J - 1! Outadvertising colums have encroached so far upon our limits formiscellaneous matter, that we are this week compelled to issue two num-bers of the Telegraphin order to accommodate our correspondents.We acknowledge the reception of a communication from the penof ex-president Burnett; it will appear in our next.si iail a . Appointment by the President.nui-iCol. Bernard E.Bee, has been appointed Secietarv of War.jj f,n- The Invincible it seems has "caught a Tartar" in the schoonerwhich she lately sent in as a prize. This schooner is the Eliza Russel,an English vessel from Liverpool ; she has a valuable cargo of dry goodsbelonging to,Mexicans, on board, but nothing contraband of tear. Thiscapture therefore was contrary to the express orders issued from theNkvy Department. The1 president after a careful investigation of thecase, has commanded her immediate release..fo.-' -;11 We have Teceived a' few numbers of thu Matagorda Bulletin, a newjpaper published in the beautiful and flourishing town from which it de-rives4its name., t This paper is about the size of the Telegraph, isprinted upon' a handsome sheet, with excellent type and containsa very interesting variety of miscellaneous and original matter. Wefeel a peculiar pleasure 'in recommending it to the patronage of our citi-zens ; by4 liberally contributing to the support of periodicals like this,tge.best interests of our beloved country are promoted. Its intelligentand talented editor appears determined to direct his efforts with an eye-single to the good of his adopted country. His prospectus which ap-pears in another page will 'answer for him.f A gentleman just arrived from Nacogdoches states that a party ofithejnortherri'hostile Indians nave lately visited that place to sue for peace.1 youngan ty the narae of Jackson M. Parker was lately killednear the Nueces byi a party-of Tonkewa Indians. He was engaged withacompanyf6f herdsmen in collectingScaltle for the army. They had dri-ven into a pen a large drove, when three or four oxen broke from the en-closure -and, escaped to? a Munquite thicket, Parker with only one com-panion went in pursuitjand -while searching the thicket was shot downbyVmeof the Iridians, lio was eoncealed so near to him that the flashof the rifle burned his coat.Soveral gentlemen recently from Bexar state that a large war par-ty of the Coraanches are laying -waste the whole country for manymileB-wesi of tHe'Rio' Grande;1 nearly all the wealthy Mexicans in thatquarter, are removingViih their families towards Zacetecas fearing theapproach, of the Texian army which they believe will soon succeed theComanches.' Mr. Bifchannah of the firm of Hensly & Buchannan, was latelykilled near the Sevilla by a party of Indians. It appears that this gen-tleman and Mr. Hensly went out to catch their horses, and while thusoccupied we're assaulted by fifteen or twenty Indians; Mr. Buchannanwas instantly, shot down: Mr. Hensly fortunately made his escape af-ter-Tevenging"the death of his partner by shooting down at his side oneof the foremost of the murderers.JwiGEOGRAPHY of TEXAS.HOUSTON COUNTY.,, t Boizndaries. This county is bounded on the north and east bythe county of Nacogdoches, on the south by the county of Xiberty, andon the west by the Trinity river. According to an act establishingthiSjCounty, its, boundaries arenas follows :"beginning on the east bank of Trinity river, at a point twoleagues above the mouh of Kickapop creek; from thence in u north-easterly direction, to the Nechez, at the mouth of Big Pine creekthence up the'Nech.ez to the thirty-second degree of north latitude-thence due west to the Trinity river; thence down the said river to the'place of beginning.1' tu Son. -wn PRomjcTioifs. The soil of this county is generally goodand of a mulatto color. Near the Neches it is somewhat sandy. "Near theTrinity it is excellent, and -the hickory uplands in the northern andcentral parts present some of the finest arable lands in America. Thiscounty is uo new; that few of its agricultural resources have yet beendeveloped:, corn, cotton and potatoes, are nearly the only vegetableswhich have yet been cultivated.Surface. This county is a continued series of rolling swells orgentle undulations overshadowed by one almost continuous forestNear the Trinity area few small Prairies, the largest of which is Mus-tang Prairie, only two miles broad and of a circular form.Streams. There are no large streams in this county, it iB howev-er remarkably well watered, by innumerable small streams and springsof pure and wholesome water, which together with the pure atmosphererender this one of the healthiest sections of Eastern Teas 'Forest Trees. This county of forests presents a great variety ofuuiuoi, uiuuug wuivu ivu . -uiun. ttiuiuii, linden, Hickory,"Black Jack," almost every species of oak, elm and in the southern andeastern portions immense quantities of Pine of the best quality.' Minerals. Iron ore abounds in the northern part; beds of arottnlimestone" are "occasionally found beneath the surface. In the middleand northern1 'parts are found great numbers of petrified trunks of VatOaks, imbedded in the soil, some in a horizontal position, but most ofthem arq nearly upright and leaning towards the north, as if they hadBeen fastened in that position by the alluvial deposite in which they areimbedded precipitating suddenly from a current flowing from the southand partiallyefevating them on one of their ends. They are generallyof a light grey or reddish brown color, are so hard that they give firewith steel, and preserit distinctly the form of tho trunks of the Post oakvn to the knots. They are evidently a variety of Acatized wood.-FARMERS OF TEXAS.What have our members of congress done for us in making a landlaw to enable us to procure our lands? They were sent by us to makelaws for us agreeable to the constitution, and were sworn to do-so; theyhave passed a land law saying the whole republic of Texas shall be sec-tionized by running one base and four meridian lines, when it was pre-sented to the president for his approval. See what he sajs, "The firstand principal objection I have to make to it is, the provision was for sec-tionizing the whole republic, by a base line and four meridian lines; theutility of running such lines as those above mentioned, with respect tothe object supposed to be contemplated by them, I own I am not able toperceive: and when I consider that the bill expressly declares that nosurvey, either past or future shall in any way be affected by them, Icannot refrain from supposing that there is no intention of making anyuse of them whatever, in which case the mere running them, would buttoo plainly appear a am and useless labor, incurred for no conceivablepurpose, it it snouiu De saia mat tnese lines are required to be run inobedience to the requisition of the constitution on the subject, it mavbe replied that the constitution is not so easily satisfied. It says indeedthat the whole territory of the republic of Texas shall be sectionized, ina manner to be prescribed by law, but it goes on to say that it shall bedone in such a manner a" to enable the officers of government, or anycitizen to ascertain with, certainty the lands that are vacant, and thosethat are covered by valid titles. Is the running a base line and four me-redian lines such a sectionizing of the country as will enable any oneto ascertain vacant or located lands; and can it be the mode of sectioni-zing meant by the constitution? If it is not, what are we about to do?To disregard the constitution, and in so doing violate our oaths for myown part, I am not willing to make so great a sacrifice, whatever othersmay think themselves justified jnaoing," as much as to say if you violateyour oaths, I cannot examine their votes, their oaths, the constitutionand law; then you may judge how correct the observation made by thepresident and whether those members who voted tor ttie bill, consideredthe interest of our country or not: after receiving this warning theypassed the bill by a constitutional majority; whether it was a constitutional vote or not, 1 leave you to judo-e jor yourselves alter a thoroughexamination. The votes in the house nf representatives stand thus:For the bill the Speaker of the house, Archer, Arnold, Baker of Austin, JtJaKer ot Matagorda, iJiIhngsley, Bovd, JBranch, Burnham, Cheno-weth, Cartwright, Gant, Hill, Hooper. Lewis. McKinney, West, Whiteand Wright. Noes Allen, of Milam, Allen, of .Nacogdoches, Brush,Geraghty, Holman and Roman. The vote of the & enaie I could not ascertain, nor can I account for those who were absent. I think a goodplan would be to lay off the country in surveyor's districts, to be govern-ed by section lines, something like sixty miles square, say ten ranges ofsections, six miles square; aud each surveyor to make a olan of his dis-trict with the section lines through it, which would enable him to laydown all the old surveys and have this plan subject to the cxa.-ninationof any person who might wish to see it; this would show the inolwidualat a glance all the lands that have been taken up, and those that an va-cant; when he could make his own entry. The present law will notenaoie any man to enter land but the surveyors, and they will be suTexas found in the best credit and commercial standing; men whomTexas has reduced to a suspension of payment, and whose services have-been too vell known by many very many citizens of Texas to be contra-dicted, vizw. the Messrs. Tobys, and should any of our pretending offi-cers aUempt thuato traduce the best friends of our country, for the pur-pose of placing their services above their true value, I trust there willalways be found virtue enough in OHr citizens to vindicate the traduced,and to show that those who speak of the services of the Messrs. Toby'sfrom a knowledge of facts think differently from the intimations contain-ed in that report, I beg leave to refer the public through the medium of"your paper to the following extract of a letter to a gentleman in this city,from the Agent of this government now in the United States settlingwith the different Agents there."I examined carefully into the accounts of the Toby's, and jeallyam of the opinion that they have been much traduced, Ifound Toby him-self, frank and candid about all matters, and I look upon him asa veryhonorable and upright man, and consider that it would haye been wellfor Texas had she always employed such men to do her business in thiscountry." A CITIZEN.HOUSTON PBICES CURRENT.BoTTEh, scarce, - - per lb. 50c 1 Lujiuei:, - - - per M $50 c 70Bacon, - 20 a 25 .' Lard, scarce - - - 18r 20Corn, ----- per sack, $5 Mousses, scarce, - $lal 12J-Coffee, - - - per lb. 17 a 20c Mackerel, - - - - 18 c 25cCheese, scarce, -.--- 37 J Rice, --- jo a 12cFlour, none. Sugar, ----- J 15.a50c20 RewardSTRAYED or stolen from the subscriber, in the.city of Jifcustoo, a sorrelhorse, 9 years old, about 16 and a half bands high, a sho& od the left footboth hind feet white, and some white in his forehead r and a bay horiey9 yearold, about 14 hand" high, both ears cropped. They are both Americanhorsesand no brands The above reward will be given for the delivery of said'horses to Patrick or Kelcev of this city or $10 for either-of themAugust 521, 183 7. 843t H. EGGL1STONTHE Ed!tor of the Telegraph will please discontinue the notice inserted-over my name m the number of last week, as thewhole matter betweenMons. Deschaum es aud myself is fully arranged and. adjusted. weenHonaton, August 19, 1837. 84-lt JtL TIERESTERS,,,,, Twenty dollars Beward.PRAYED or stol;n from Air. Damon's, 18 miles from Colombia, in the-has a star in the forehead, and branded on the hip M3. IFhoeverwiS retuVn- -theabove poney to the subscriber at Jus store i YVashiuzto. sSzUUL' 'X r",above reward"Washington, August 18, 1837.S4-3tDAiVID AYER&NOTICELL persons in deb ted to the estate of John Chaffin,. deceased,. are-ea to make immediate navmpnt ntJiaiiiiQ;v,o ., pf.-i. .- icannot ho ri, ah LA:ir"-:;-.:"",T'"r' " u'1" lnufor liquidation according to law.Marion, August 15, 1837. 84-4trequestAll those having ckiims against the estate will present themFASIL.G: IJAMSrw2dmrJust Published,ject to enter on lands already taken up by some other person. Thtf A NDFOR SI.E at this office, "A Collection of ldaHVn,' f ?surveyors are not bound to show any man vacant land ; thus we are LoL relative to Land Titles in Texas. swunwejvnacttaent-compelled to pay them their own price ; each one has his own district laid ugU8t 19' 18 37- ' 'on and no other person is allowed to survey in it. Those nereons whohave purchased claims and formed companies can pay a surveyor foruidKing au meir entries, ana pay mm a good price tor his services, asmey can give mm a large job, but not so with one individual who hasbut one tract to enter; he must pay well for it. I have heard some of themembers say the expense would be too great for us to pay. Did youever get any thing valuable without payinp- for it! Had we not betterpay something that would keep us out of law suits and secure to us ourhomes, than to be involved in law and loose all? I think we had. Byrunning two lines lines through our country at right angles to each oth-er, (you may call these base and meridian lines. Bemn at the crossing of these lines, and every twelve miles running will close a section ofsix mues square, this at three dollars per mile, will be thirty-six dollars;a surveyor's district of sixty miles square would make one hundred sections, at thirty-six dollars per section, will make three thousand six hun-dred dollars, what is that for government to pay and prevent endless litigation, wnen one person would lose more than the whole amount inone single suit. Some persons say it will take too long to sectionizethecountry; they must either have bad iudffment or never have madeany calculation. Let every surveyor have a deputy for each range ofaecuoua ; a gooa surveyor wm run six miles per day it industrious ; theneach surveyor could sectionize his district in twenty days alter all hishands commenced work, suppose it should take them forty days whichwill only be three miles a day, to run which any man can do if he cansurvey at all. If our good members of congress had made a law (as theconstitution intended) when they met at Columbia we could have enter-ed our lands and been improving them before this time.I wish every man who loves his county to examine the nroceedintrsof our members (we have a rieht to do so. and form his own oninionswithout regard to wha others may say, and I am convinced we will dooetter man we nave done,THOMAS J. HARDIMAN,Brazoria. August 15. 1837.Gentlemen: Your candid exposition of the railroad. naviVation andbanking company has generally met the approbation of the people ofmm county; ana we are determined, solar as it is m our nower. tocarry out the opposition so nobly begun by you; for we believe it a du-ty we owe ourselves, and our country, to meet and -crush this monsterin its embryo, lheretore, we wish through the medium of your paper,to call upon those, especially those of this county, who have or may an-nounce themselves as candidates for a seat in our next congress, to de-clare their sentiments in regard to this bank, as we are determined tovote for none but its opponents: and those who do not make this declaration, we shall set down as its friends, and from rill such shall withholdour support.This is a call we believe we have a rieht to make, and likfiwi'sn wabelieve it equally the bounden duty of those who ask us for our votes,io give us men- canoia sentiments upon tms, or any other subject thatmay agitate the country. We are sick of selfish legislation: wo wishour future legislation to be for the good of the community, not for thememDen oi congress only. We have had one congress to representliseu; we now want one to represent the people.FROJf THE VOTERS OP THE COUNTY OF BRAZORIA.To the Editor of the Telegraph:Dear Sir: I have hoped that some person more directly concernedthan myself, would have saved me the trouble of appearing in your pa-per as taking notice of a production which appeared in one of the num-bers of your paper over the signature of T. J. Chambers, Esq., purpor-ting to be his report to the Secretary of War. I shall not meddle withthe justice or injustice of his pretensions to the command of the army,because I view that strictly as a matter between Mr. Chambers and thegovernment. That he has been active in Kentucky in defence of ourcountry I have no doubt, and whether acting under legal authority ornot, 1 feel that he is to a certain extent entitled to the gratitude of everycitizen of Texas, and I witnessed with regret, the great difficulty thathis iriends encountered in June last, in getting congress to pass a voteot thanks to Mr. Chambers for his services. Because I view ingrati-tude as the worst of crimes and of all others most calculated to discour-age and destroy the exertions of our friends, because it is human naturethat it you abuse your best friend he will desert you as unworthy, and itis right that it should be so. It is with this view of tho subject that Inotice the report above referred to. Because there I find an act of in-gratitude which I cannot forbear to notice, an imputation in itself, a slan-aer, and directly leading to a conclusion that is false, and that too direc-ted against men who have higher claims upon the gratitude of the citi-zens ot levasj , than any of our oun citizens, men who have rendered toloxas mors aid than any others either at home or abroad; men whomT virtue ofAdmimstratoir's Bfoiice..7"uUe Je"ers of administra.tion,granted to-me by the mnhos. Barnett, (judge of the county of AustinVon tHcir-a. j. James, ueceasea, i nerenynottty alt persons indebted'to- sard es-tate, to make immesdiate payment; and all personsiaving claims againstthe estate, toprcsenf them for settlement- a i " &MICHAEIL YODNG,dmini3tnitorFort Bend settlement, July 30, H333L 82-3t&- , a -j-Lo;t, i .,S0?1 in December last, a note clrawnon.JFaison B -Hardih..DavnMa-tothe firm of Caldwell & JV!iler:-3lf ter dfssolntion of cSgbLcame the property of Thomas C.itfwell in the amonnfof fifty dollars to -dischargedin merchantable beef t:attle. Alipersom areberebv forbintrkd?for said note, as W. B H ardin hits been duuV notified, and ffi4?SSSSji"V."-& ""-note to any person but the undei si, pied.august in iod. aa-atTHOMAS-CALDWELL.Notice.A special meetinof the boar d of commissioners of roads anffrerenne beinrcalled for the Thursday ne xt after the first .Monday in September, for Si-purpose of takine measures for raisimfrthe mnn. nf . ..ui.- t?..J.for and defraying the expenses nf the county of HarrisBnr-notice is heS'given that tilf that time, applical lions will be receded fnr-tf !S?!!?Z- IS0emadfableprOpertyinth,'e fr""""-" e- ft.'ipjKU''Houston, August 15, 1837. t 83-2t Al SRISCOEC. J . o'1VOTICE.ALL persons indebted to the tate of John S. D. Fjronv deceased 'areret-qjured to make immediate - payment. Indulgence need Tmt-ifc,. ..V'tSaas it cannot be given.payment. Indnlgence need notibe expec'teo 'August 5, 1837. B3-2m HENitY PERCY BREWSTER AdmW,,N OTICE.AKEN from captain Chap -man's boaVyfngat the steamboat lan-ding at Houston, on the a 4th July Iasf.a bundle. r.nnfrn;a ,-nety of wearing apparel, togetl her with a Haversack containg Taluable-papers, &c, which can be of use i to nc- one- but the owner. The person-who took them is perfectly welco me to the wearing apparel, p-oyided hVwill send the haversack, with its contents, to the commanding officer oFthis post. No questions will be a .sked. WM.SiSTILWJELL - IfGalveston Island, (Texas,) A tugust 7r 1837.. 83-3t cTO $icc "" 'AT a sale of lots in. the torn of H fctagorfa made on ihe 4th and" 5t& daysof April, 1831, 1 .If. A. Schultd (row deceased",) purchased tVand oltlots as follows, viz: of the in lots, bl 6dk Wo. 5j,tier No. 1, Colorado front'ofthe town aforesaid, and lot No. 1, blook Ho.2, tier No. 1, Matagorda front ofsaid tovn ; and out Jot. No. 5 of the old or firstout lotsurvey of said town Forall which property th e said Schulte in his fe time made full payment- "but brsome unknown cause, tbe certificate or evidence of his right has been lost ormislaid, and cannot b e found. Therefore, sboulfl'any person have-any know-ledge of said certifica te, or should any peroon have purchased the safd'proper-ty of said Schulte before his death, they site hereby, requested to make the same-known, either to the undersigned who is oeentand attorney in faetof thele-aliheirs of the said Schulte, deceased, or to Col. I.E Lewis, of Mataeordaat any,time within three moi iths frera the date of ikisadviTtisement. Shonrd no in-formation be obtained of said certificates within the before named period, thensaid property will be sold at public auction as per. notice which will then be'given, for the benefit of the legal heirs of tbe said I. H. A. Schulte, deceased,,and the titles may issu, from the board of proprietors (or person authorized tomake said titles,) of the town aforesaid, direct to the purchaser of said oro-perty. rMatagorda, July f5, 1837. 83-6t P. W. GRASMEYER.NOTICE.HE subscriber offers for sale a complete assortment of Garden.Seeds, by retail or wholesale. J. PATMQHarrisburg, A ugust 16. 83 3tADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.HAVING been appointed administrator of the estate of John Fran-cis Ward, all persons indebted to said estate-arfi J,ProW ,..,ted to settle the same immediately. Those having claims against thesame, must present them within the time required by law or theywill be barred, JOHN FISHER' Awi,Houston, Augusf. 12, 1337. g23tTHIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.STOLEN from the subscriber, near Houston,, a small duskv whiteBULL DOG, very low, heavy built: his nndr ith vm-v ntLble; large head. The dog was taken out nf tmvn uvn mnnfhc npoThe above reward will be given for the dog, or fifty for the thief with the!S- SHELBY SiIITH.Houston August IS. 1837, 83-3t'4kItw